INTERVIEW
A Visit with Transition Life Coach Yana Stockman
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney
A couple weeks ago I heard an inspiring talk by Yana Stockman on the topic of career self-sabotage. It was interesting on a number of levels as she briefly outlined the self-limiting beliefs that hold us back. After offering a prescription for overcoming our self-defeating behaviors she closed with this quote from Zig Ziglar: “You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”
Her personal life story began with a happy childhood in Ukraine. Since then she’s lived in several countries, and visited at least 25. Academically she laid a foundation in psychology, but found her special interest was more in helping people who were on a career path but who had gotten stuck along the way.
EN: What is life coaching?
Yana Stockman: Coaching is a partnership that helps a person create and adapt to change to live the life they desire. Coaching can be focused on leadership coaching, transition coaching, or overall life and career coaching. It is designed to create a personal or professional change or help a person through a change that’s already underway in life. All…
